Woo Jin’s attending physician was distracted as the hospital director Kang Hyung Min, Seol Ji Hyun, and even Chairman Seol Ma Jung were watching him.

“I definitely administered the sleeping medication… Perhaps the dosage was incorrect…”

“What nonsense is that! Have you not treated Woo Jin many times before?”

Kang Hyung Min scolded him in a lowered but frightening voice.

“I apologize.”

There was nothing to say as it was a clear mistake.

Moreover, knowing what kind of patient Seol Woo Jin was, he could only bow his head even more.

“What if Soo Young hadn’t come? Wasn’t he in a state prone to falling? If Woo Jin breaks even one leg, you’ll have to leave this hospital. Understand?”

As Kang Hyung Min continued to reprimand him, Chairman Seol gently waved his hand up and down as if to say that was enough.

After the attending physician left the director’s office, Chairman Seol sat in the main seat and asked with a thoughtful expression.

“I suppose it’s alright for that Soo Young girl to touch him?”

“Soo Young didn’t touch Woo Jin first. She just said she was in front of him and stood still, then Woo Jin touched her.”

Ji Hyun, who had watched the situation right next to them, corrected his grandfather’s words.

“It seems Woo Jin is relying on that young lady quite a bit. What should we do?”

Having had a conversation with Seol Ma Jung, Kang Hyung Min carefully observed his reaction.

Ji Hyun looked back and forth between his grandfather and Dr. Kang, wondering what they meant by “what should we do”.

Chairman Seol let out a heavy sigh, then leaned back on the sofa and asked.

“You didn’t put him back to sleep, did you? What is he doing now?”

Then his loyal secretary standing behind him quietly answered.

“He is having dinner.”

“Eating in the hospital? Woo Jin is?”

“Yes.”

At the secretary’s words, both Kang Hyung Min and Seol Ji Hyun looked at Chairman Seol. As if waiting for some decision.

“Can that child stay by Woo Jin’s side while he’s in the hospital?”

“Well, her mother seems to be strict, so I think she’ll have to go home at night.”

Ji Hyun spoke, remembering that he had talked to her mother twice on the phone a few days ago.

The first call was asking what on earth the manager was doing, and the second call was asking how a visually impaired person could write.

At first, knowing that Ji Hyun was the publishing company’s CEO, she seemed to trust him completely.

However, after learning that Woo Jin was visually impaired, she seemed to suspect they were using her daughter for some grand scam.

Ji Hyun emphasized how great of a writer Woo Jin was while also stressing that Soo Young was an indispensable and capable manager and assistant writer.

His wife complained that Soo Young was an adult no matter how young, and her mother seemed to be overprotecting her, but after talking with her, Ji Hyun understood why Soo Young was so bright and pure.

“Woo Jin will be sleeping in the evening anyway, so Soo Young can leave then.”

Kang Hyung Min said, looking at Chairman Seol. Chairman Seol stroked his thick fingers along his chin and said.

“I suppose there’s no chance of that Soo Young girl causing Woo Jin to waste away this time.”

However, the situation in the hospital room was a bit different from what they thought.

In front of Woo Jin, who was sitting with a breathing tube in his nose, Soo Young was eating the hospital food with relish.

“Mr. Seol Woo Jin, are you really not going to eat? It’s all delicious. Is hospital food usually this good?”

As she bit into a meatball and chewed noisily, Woo Jin frowned and said.

“Don’t talk while eating. Everything’s going to fly out of your mouth.”

“Hey, even if it flies out, you can’t see it so what does it matter? Don’t worry about it.”

At Soo Young’s cheeky remark, Woo Jin wondered if his breathing tube was malfunctioning. Despite wearing the breathing tube, it was still quite uncomfortable to breathe.

“Did you come to see me or to eat?”

“Both. If you don’t eat, they’ll throw all this away, and that would be a waste. The hospital bills here must be expensive too. This hospital is super fancy. I thought the CEO uncle was pulling into some hotel parking lot…”

At the sudden burping sound, Woo Jin pulled out his breathing tube and shouted.

“You…!”

“Oh, sorry sorry. I guess I ate too much. Hey, put the breathing tube back in quickly. Didn’t you get brought in because you couldn’t breathe?”

As Soo Young quickly inserted the breathing tube back into his nose, Woo Jin shook his head with a displeased expression.

“You seemed to sleep well last night when I was reading the book… Were you unable to breathe this morning? That must have been really difficult.”

What it feels like to not be able to breathe… Soo Young muttered vaguely imagining being underwater.

Woo Jin rubbed his eyes with his palms, which were hazy from the earlier commotion and the medication he had received.

“Are you sleepy?”

Soo Young asked, observing him.

“No.”

“You look sleepy though?”

“I said I’m not sleepy!”

Watching him rub his eyes like a child throwing a sleep tantrum while still being irritable, Soo Young let out a light sigh.

“Should I read you a book? Do you want to sleep while listening?”

“I’m not sleeping. I said I’m not sleeping!”

“Why are you trying so hard not to sleep when you’re sleepy?”

Then Woo Jin stopped rubbing his eyes and muttered.

“If I sleep… you’ll leave.”

“I’m going to leave even if you don’t sleep. My mom worries if I come home late. Isn’t it better to sleep while I’m here rather than staying awake to watch me leave? I’ll come back tomorrow morning before you wake up.”

“How do you know when I’ll wake up?”

“From what I’ve seen, if I read you a book, you’ll sleep deeply until 8 AM tomorrow. No, 8 AM is too early. You’ll sleep straight through until 9 AM. And when you wake up, I’ll be right there beside you. How’s that sound?”

At Soo Young’s cheerful words, Woo Jin silently fixed his gaze at her eye level.

After hesitating for a moment, he rested his head on the pillow and asked.

“…Did you bring a book? What are you going to read?”

“I’ll read you a book called ‘That Person Was You’. I bought it recently and it’s interesting.”

However, Woo Jin, with his eyes closed, gave no response.

Wondering if he had already fallen asleep, Soo Young was staring intently at his clear face when he suddenly said in a languid voice.

“Look at the book, not my face.”

Ha! How did he know I was looking at his face… Ghost-like fellow. No, ghost-like landlord.

Soo Young quickly lowered her eyes to the book and began reading calmly.

“That night, after laying Mark down on the bed in his room, Do Hyun left the house without looking back. Towards the broad back where the shoulder blades protruded as if wings were about to unfold, Yu Jin bowed her head in greeting. She knew her friends were often taken aback by her bowing greetings, but this uniquely Korean way of greeting just wouldn’t change. Do Hyun also slightly bowed his head in response to Yu Jin’s greeting before getting into the waiting car. That black car always followed him around.

Yu Jin, who had ridden in that car for the first time while bringing Mark, found it strange that the driver didn’t say a single word, even though it was a short distance. She vaguely suspected that Do Hyun might be the son of a chaebol family, but since neither Mark nor Do Hyun bothered to explain, she couldn’t just ask first…”

Soon, Soo Young heard a wheezing sound in her ear.

Usually, the breathing sound she heard over the phone was like a gentle breeze, but now it sounded like air barely escaping while being crushed by something.

Thinking it might be more comfortable if he breathed through his mouth as well, Soo Young was about to gently part his lips with her finger when the door to the hospital room opened silently and Ji Hyun entered.

Soo Young instinctively pulled her hand away and stood up from her seat. Ji Hyun approached the bed and whispered softly.

“Is he asleep?”

“Yes, just now…”

“Soo Young, you should head home now too.”

“Yes.”

“I’ll have someone drive you.”

“Um, what if he wakes up in the middle of the night?”

“We’ll administer medication intermittently. He should sleep well until morning, so don’t worry.”

Seeing Soo Young still looking down at Woo Jin with concern, Ji Hyun said gently.

“Thank you for today. If it weren’t for you, we could have been in real trouble.”

“Yes…”

Even though it couldn’t be helped, there must be a way to calm Woo Jin without touching him carelessly… The doctor and nurse she saw earlier looked quite rough.

Why are the professionals like that?

Ever since meeting Na Eun, the words “I’m not a professional” had remained like a thorn somewhere in her heart.

However, seeing Woo Jin completely trust her today, and Ji Hyun supporting her, she felt that thorn gradually becoming blunt.

The next day, as Soo Young arrived at the hospital as if it were a natural thing, someone blocked her path.

It was a genial-looking man in a suit.

“Would you mind coming with me for a moment? There’s someone who would like to meet Kim Soo Young.”

Feeling rushed because she needed to be there before Woo Jin woke up, Soo Young followed the man despite his kind face but somewhat forceful voice.

The place he led her to was a rooftop garden. She thought only the interior of the building was luxurious, but to think there was such a wonderful place.

Soo Young looked around carefully, thinking she should bring Woo Jin here for a walk today since he can’t go out for walks in the hospital.

That’s when she noticed an elderly gentleman sitting on a long wooden bench.

Wondering why there was a grandfather at this hour, the man who had brought her bowed to the elderly gentleman.

Then he said kindly to Soo Young.

“This is Chairman Seol Ma Jung. He’s Seol Woo Jin’s grandfather.”

“Ah, yes…”

To think she would actually see a chairman like the ones in dramas… Somehow it felt like her social status had risen.

At the same time, she worried that this grandfather might be the one with all those lawyers she had heard about.

Since she hadn’t had an interview then, hopefully he wouldn’t say anything about a double contract.

Chairman Seol carefully observed the small, round-faced child standing before him from head to toe.

She had a kind face that was the spitting image of her father.

Her aura was very different from Na Eun, who used to visit the house often.

If Na Eun was like an orchid, this child was like… a dandelion blooming by the roadside.

In Chairman Seol’s taste… he did like orchids, but whenever he saw dandelions swaying on the roadside where people passed by, regardless of who was watching, he always found their vitality admirable.

“Come over here and sit down.”

As Chairman Seol pointed to a small chair in front of him, Soo Young bowed her head and sat down on that chair.

“Your name?”

“Kim Soo Young.”

It was quite a deep and low voice for a girl.

Thinking it didn’t match her cute face, Chairman Seol scrutinized the child again.

“I am Woo Jin’s grandfather.”

“Yes. I heard from the suit uncle over there. I heard you have many lawyers?”

Chairman Seol’s eyes widened at the unexpected mention of lawyers.

“Why lawyers?”

“Well, Seol Woo Jin threatened me that if I wronged him, he’d have his grandfather’s lawyers make me pay a penalty fee. He said I might even have to sell my house. Our house is on a lease…”

Seeing her looking like a little sister telling on her older brother to their grandfather, Chairman Seol’s eyes grew rounder and rounder.

Even Na Eun hadn’t been able to treat him this affectionately. No, the only one who treated him affectionately was Dr. Kang Hyung Min.

Is this child not afraid of me?

Chairman Seol’s lips twitched as he asked again in a deep voice.

“So is that why you’re by Woo Jin’s side?”

“No, that’s not it. I’m just telling you that I heard about you from Woo Jin.”

“Do you know who I am?”

“… Were you perhaps a celebrity when you were young?”

“Hmm?”

“Well, you asked if I didn’t know, so…”

Huh, what an odd child has attached herself to Woo Jin, he thought.

Doesn’t this child even watch the news? Seeing as she didn’t know him, Chairman Seol felt no need to clarify and just nodded.

“I heard you went out with Woo Jin. That child has a hard time going outside, how did you manage to take him out?”

“Ah, I was originally supposed to work for only 3 weeks in place of my aunt. But Seol Woo Jin asked me to work longer, so I set a condition for a long-term contract of 5 minutes of walking per day. Now it’s 10 minutes, but…”

“Why?”

“Pardon?”

“Why did you try to make Woo Jin take walks? It’s not part of a housekeeper’s job.”

“Well… because he couldn’t go outside.”

Soo Young answered with an expression that said isn’t it obvious.

“What I mean is, whether that child goes out or not, what does it have to do with you? Isn’t a housekeeper just supposed to clean the house?”

Soo Young looked at him with wronged eyes, wondering if he was reproaching her for overstepping her bounds.

It was Chairman Seol who was perplexed by that look.

“No, even on that dog training show, when there’s a dog that can’t go for walks, they somehow persuade it to go outside. Shouldn’t we help people go out too if they’re just staying at home? How can a person stay at home for their entire life? Even quadriplegic patients go outside in wheelchairs to get some fresh air.”

It was a reasonable point. The problem was that this person and that person had tried, but it hadn’t worked well.

The surprising thing was that Woo Jin only followed this child’s words, but she was looking at him as an irresponsible grandfather who made no effort for his grandson.

Expecting some mysterious method, Chairman Seol only thought that his grandson must have feelings for this child, given such a simple story.

Did God send this daughter to pay for her father’s sins?

Is that really okay for this child? For Woo Jin…?

“Please continue to take good care of him.”

When Chairman Seol spoke heavily, Soo Young stared at him intently. Wasn’t he going to scold her?

To be more certain, she asked.

“But, is it okay for me, a non-professional, to continue staying by Seol Woo Jin’s side?”

“What do you mean by that?”

“Well, Seol Woo Jin’s friend told me that as a non-professional, I shouldn’t be by Seol Woo Jin’s side. That I don’t have knowledge about visually impaired people. So I was wondering if it’s okay to stay, but if you tell me to continue staying, I’ll do so with confidence.”

At the child’s plucky words, a slight smile appeared on Chairman Seol’s lips.

“Please continue to stay.”

“Yes!”

As Soo Young bowed politely and left the rooftop with excited steps, Chairman Seol gestured to his secretary and spoke quietly.

“Make sure Woo Jin doesn’t know that this child’s father is Kim Chul Ho. And also, don’t let that child know that the victim of the accident her father caused was Woo Jin.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Chairman Seol Ma Jung made up his mind.

Just leave it to God. He caused it, so he’ll resolve it too.

Above all, Soo Young’s innocent yet cheeky face gave him confidence.